760d.61/511: Telegram
The Minister in Finland (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 30—6:40 a.m.]
371. Your 172, November 29.88 I handed to Minister Foreign Affairs 10:20 this morning memorandum containing your offer good offices. Minister said Finnish Government would welcome exercise good offices to put end to Russian attack, especially as it has no communication with Soviet Government. No attack had been made from Finnish side anywhere but artillery bombardment began 7 o’clock this morning by land and sea near Terijoki and Kuokkala district as well as north Lake Ladoga where Russians crossed frontier. Russians also occupied Finnish part Fisherman’s Peninsula, [the district of] Petsamo, and seized Finnish frontier guards [along the] northern boundary. Plane which came over Helsinki 9:20 this morning dropped five bombs Malmi air field.